+ Vic and Sade was an American radio program created and written by Paul Rhymer. It was regularly broadcast on radio from 1932 to 1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and again in 1957. During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known as "radio's home folks," were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey), his wife Sade (Bernadine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson). The three lived on Virginia Avenue in "the small house halfway up in the next block." The program was presented with a low-key ease and naturalness, and Rhymer's humorous dialogue was delivered with a subtleness that made even the most outrageous events seem commonplace and normal. Vic and Sade was technically a "soap opera," in time slots slanted toward an audience of housewives, and sponsored by food items and cleaning products. Rhymer evidently felt some pressure from the sponsor's advertising agencies to include more romance and human interaction into his scripts, like the other daytime dramas on the air. Rhymer complied in his own dry way, by adding ridiculous touches (his romantic lead, Dwight Twentysixler, always speaks with his "mouth full of shingle nails"!) and oddball characters (Orville Wheeney, the slow-witted gas-meter man; Jimmy Custard, the crochety town official who never quite makes clear what he does; Mr. Sprawl, the frail old man who dotes on "peanuts with chocolate smeared on the outsides"). Vic and Sade went off the air September 29, 1944 but was brought back several times. In 1945, the cast was augmented to include many characters who were previously only talked about. In 1946 it was a summer replacement series, now in a half-hour format and played in front of a live studio audience. Later that year it became a sustaining (unsponsored) feature on the Mutual network.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Vic And Sade
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Please enjoy these 346 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.21.1945 | jimmy custard |
+ Oxydol, Camay. The Gooks are about to leave for an evening with the Stembottoms when Uncle Fletch... | |
| 06.18.1940 | june christmas card pressure |
+ Vic's boss would like the Gooks to buy some Christmas cards. So would Aunt Bess, so would the land... | |
| 11.20.1945 | korkells borrow a cup of sugar |
+ Oxydol, Camay. Mrs. Korkle is coming to borrow a cup of sugar...from twenty blocks away. Orville ... | |
| 08.01.1946 | l vogel drum |
+ L. Vogel Drum, the "Grand Nomadic Stenchel," is coming to town, he's a big man in "The Sacred St... | |
| 02.25.1941 | ladies auxillary marching team |
+ Sade does not want to participate in Vic's lodge's marching team ladies auxiliary. "I'm not gonna... | |
| 02.07.1941 | landladys photos |
+ Uncle Fletcher shares his photo album with the family. The organ themes, bridges and system cue h... | |
| 06.14.1940 | last day of school |
+ Vacation has started and Rush is "as free as a horse." Vic is trying to work, but the phone keeps ... | |
| 02.16.1943 | leland richards is coming |
+ Ivory Soap. Leland Richards is going to spend the night, along with Dottie Brainfeeble (whom Uncl... | |
| 02.27.1943 | leland richards is homesick |
+ Uncle Fletcher and Dottie Brainfeeble try to cheer him up. The organ themes are not heard on this... | |
| 06.09.1941 | letter writing plot |
+ Another letter has arrived from Euncie, it's part of a plot! And yet another letter arrives...spec... | |
| 05.01.1944 | lodge holiday visits |
+ A new idea by the lodge may mean lots of company for the Gooks this summer. Funny show! The organ... | |
| 01.02.1939 | lodge regalia out on loan |
+ Vic needs his lodge clothes, only to find them scattered all over town. The open, close, and comme... | |
| 06.23.1944 | lodge telescope |
+ Vic is planning to buy a telescope for the lodge. Sade is upset at the prospect. Vic has some tre... | |
| 05.30.1944 | lolita di rienzis suggestion |
+ Crisco (wartime cookbook recipe book premium). Lolita DiRienzi has suggested that Vic should writ... | |
| 11.19.1940 | man caught in a revolving door |
+ Big news: the Brickmush Man is in the hospital. His head was caught in a revolving door. A postca... | |
| 03.14.1941 | marching team pictures |
+ The lodge magazine has published photos of "The All-Star Marching Team." The photos leave a lot t... | |
| 10.12.1942 | mayor wants to join the lodge |
+ The mayor is planning to join the lodge and is coming for a visit | |
| 05.15.1942 | mentioned in dispatches |
+ Vic has an important story to tell, but Sade has an exciting story too. As a matter of fact, Rush... | |
| 07.18.1946 | midsummer madness |
+ Fitch's Shapoo, Fitch's Hair Tonic. "Mid-Summer Madness" is plaguing the residents of the little ... | |
| 04.15.1940 | miltons dirt in fruit jars |
+ Dated approximately during the summer of 1940. Rush's friend Milton is trying to collect fruit jar... | |
| 12.07.1942 | miss neagle tears up lee street |
+ Mis' Neagle (the Sunday School teacher), is planning to tear up Lee Street! "She's All-Beef...str... | |
| 01.25.1944 | missouri home for the tall |
+ Crisco. Vic reads a letter from Homer U. McDansey, inviting him to speak at the Missouri State Ho... | |
| N/A | landladys washrag collection | ||
| N/A | lodge catalog | ||
| N/A | lodge speech rehearsal |
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